OMG shoot me.....

[JKnightandKARR]

Well trying to do install of Linux on flash drive but need its partition set up correctly...

[granz]

Well trying to do install of Linux on flash drive but need its partition set up correctly...

The installer should do that automatically, unless you are doing something very strange. Linux Mint will even install along-side Windows without any troubles. I actually got Mint to install in dual-boot along-side MS-DOS 6.22. 

[JKnightandKARR]

For some reason, it keeps terminating the installer, couldn't get Mint to load at all.... maybe was the flash drive idk...

[JKnightandKARR]

Good Lord...... FINALLY......  Decided to install Ubuntu on my Dell gaming system as stand alone, since I"ve got multiple Windows systems, had to use the Safe Graphics mode to get it to work...  Using the normal Try or Install Ubuntu option, while the system works, continuously crashes the installer, but this works fine on Safe Graphics mode...., anyhow, while the system works off the USB flashdrive, ANY and ALL things I do aren't saved, so that's NOT going to work....  even setting the time isn't saved...

Wanted to have both Windows 10 and Linux on the system, but maybe will attempt this again later...  Hope I can still figure out how to use the optical drive to play movies on Linux still..

[JKnightandKARR]

Current version of Ubuntu is now running on my laptop...  I wonder if I can install Win 10 onto my flashdrive??

[Chris Savage]

Current version of Ubuntu is now running on my laptop...  I wonder if I can install Win 10 onto my flashdrive??

Congrats on getting Ubuntu installed. Is it saving things and the date / time now?

[JKnightandKARR]

Current version of Ubuntu is now running on my laptop...  I wonder if I can install Win 10 onto my flashdrive??

Congrats on getting Ubuntu installed. Is it saving things and the date / time now?

Yes, the way its installed on that Flash drive, which is the wrong partition type, is why it won't save anything.

[Chris Savage]

Yes, the way its installed on that Flash drive, which is the wrong partition type, is why it won't save anything.

Oh, good to know. Glad you got it figured out. As for Windows 10...I'm not sure performance would be good, even if you could install it to the USB drive.

[JKnightandKARR]

Grabbing Attn:

Hey Granz...... ANY idea if I can disable th "AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED: Enter password" crap??  that's getting REALLY annoying REALLY fast having to keep entering the blasted password continuously.......

[granz]

Hey Granz...... ANY idea if I can disable th "AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED: Enter password" crap??

That depends where you get that prompt. If when you try to make changes to the system, then no, that is to prevent people (either physically present, or remoted in) from making changes, or destroying your setup.

If it is at the power-on (prior to boot) then that would depend on your BIOS setup. You would have to look there.

[JKnightandKARR]

Hey Granz...... ANY idea if I can disable th "AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED: Enter password" crap??

That depends where you get that prompt. If when you try to make changes to the system, then no, that is to prevent people (either physically present, or remoted in) from making changes, or destroying your setup.

If it is at the power-on (prior to boot) then that would depend on your BIOS setup. You would have to look there.

like when installing stuff, its annoying. lol

[granz]

Well, if you are at the terminal (command prompt,) you can just run "sudo -i" which will let you continue working as the root user. Be careful about this, as you can do a lot of damage.

Working in the GUI (like with the Synaptic Package Manager) you should try to get all the installs together, Synaptic will only ask you for your password once when you first open it. You should not need to type your password for each program/package that you install.

[JKnightandKARR]

Well, if you are at the terminal (command prompt,) you can just run "sudo -i" which will let you continue working as the root user. Be careful about this, as you can do a lot of damage.

Working in the GUI (like with the Synaptic Package Manager) you should try to get all the installs together, Synaptic will only ask you for your password once when you first open it. You should not need to type your password for each program/package that you install.

Can try that I guess. I tried sudo -s and it did nothing

[Chris Savage]

Can try that I guess. I tried sudo -s and it did nothing

-s or -i ?

[JKnightandKARR]

Can try that I guess. I tried sudo -s and it did nothing

-s or -i ?

It was -s